What you read on Nunatsiaqonline.ca from Oct. 1 to Oct. 8

Election news continues to draw in readers

NUNATSIAQ NEWS

The most popular photo of the week on the Nunatsiaq News Facebook page, based on views, likes and shares, shows the cover of Iqaluit author Aviaq Johnston's book, "Those Who Run In The Sky," which has been named as a finalist for the Governor General's Literary Award in the category of Young People's Literature. The book, published by Inhabit Media, is a coming-of-age story about a young hunter who is learning to become a leader. The literary award winners will be announced Nov. 1. (IMAGE COURTESY OF INHABIT MEDIA)

Canadian North’s senior vice president, Peter McCart, described this loss as “a big change” at a Kitikmeot mayors’ meeting in Cambridge Bay.

But that might be an understatement: the contract represented more than 900,000 kilograms of air cargo per year in the Kitikmeot region alone and has led to flight changes and cuts in that region and in the Baffin region.

The positive side is that the contract’s loss opens more space on flights for people who buy items in the South and want them shipped north quickly, McCart said.

Then, with the Oct. 30 territorial election only three weeks away, Nunatsiaq News readers continued to consult our roundup of the candidates, along with an interview with the first MLA elected—Mila Adjukak Kamingoak of Kugluktuk, who won her riding by acclamation Sept. 29.

You can read the interview with Kamingoak here and look to Nunatsiaqonline.ca for more candidate profiles for all ridings before the election.

The second most-popular photo on the Nunatsiaq News Facebook page showed Sam Anayoak of Cambridge Bay giving fresh, cold river water to elder Lena Kamoayok. The project, made possible by Environment and Climate Change Canada, was slated to take place in June, on World Environment Day. But organizer Jana Angulalik said it took a while to get the funding and then the jugs, "so we're glad it finally came together" on Oct. 7. (PHOTO COURTESY OF J. ANGULALIK)